Improved clamp foe hinges



@niiet tetes @anni @ffice4 ELI .L. SEGER AND SAMUEL L. SMHITHQOF YONKERS, NEW YORK'. Letters Patent Na 68,533, dated September 3, 1867. I I

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lO ALL WHOM IT MAY' CONCERN:

l Be it known thatn'e, -ELI L. SEGEB`and SAMUEL L. SMIT-H, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester, and State of New Yorl, 'hove invented a new and improved Clan-ip for Hinges.; and-we do hereby declare that the following is a full, cleer,'and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in thenrt to make and ilse the same, reference being had tothe nccompnnying drawings, forming part ofruthis speciticetion.

The .present-invention relntes to a. clamp for butt hinges more partioularlyivhich'clauip is so constructed that it can be placed over tbe`.lea.ves of s, hinge when closed, and so operated as to firmly and tightly hold and bind them together, thus preventing their being opened on/e from the other until the clump isjreleasedr' 1n the accompanying plate ofdravf'ings our improved clamp is illu'stkrz'ttefl-- i Figure 1 being a. fa'ce view of the same with it :tpplied tothe butt of u. hinge, shown in red lines, md

Figure 2 a. transverse horizontal section taken in the plme of the line a: x, tig. 1.

Similer letters of reference indicate like parts. i

Aj'in the drawings, represents our improved clamp, "which consists of n. frame, B, cutout in and 4alongl its( centre suitably to fit over and upon the two lea-ves of' n, hinge when closed the' one upon'the other. C, a can;

hung to the frame upon one side of the slot or 'opening D, which cam is provided with s, handle-lever, E,/suit able for turning it, and is so-formed a-s to bear againstvand thus to bind andtobold the two' leaves 'of a hinge together when closed the one upon the other, and the clamp is applied athereto at the-butt. i

` By means of s. clamp of the formabovo described it is' plainly obvious that the hinge or hinges to al door, when'th'e door is closed, can be securely and tightly bound together, und in most simple, cheap, ecient, and suitable manner.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, und desire to secureV by Letters Patent; .A clamp for hinges, etc., consisting of frame A alud eccentriciior cam C, substantially ase-nd for the purpose described. i I f Y ELI L. SEGER, SAMUEL L. SMITH. i

Witnesses:

Taos. 0. Fsnmneron, S. D. RocxwnLL. 

